Resolution adopted by the Alabama Territorial General Assembly on February 14, 1818, nominating members to the territorial Legislative Council. From these nominations the U.S. President appointed the Council members.

Most of the documents deal with either the emancipation of slaves or the transfer of slave ownership to other family members. In addition to these records, there is a resolution (dated June 29, 1825) in which leaders of the Broken Arrow Council...

The letter requests that the members of the Georgia-Alabama Boundary Survey Commission ("charged with running the dividing line between the States of Georgia and Alabama") meet in Milledgeville the next month. A transcript is included.

In the letter Green describes his work with the Rhew family. The members have questions about the inheritance rights to several slaves, so Green has suggested that they contact Dellet for legal advice.

In the letter Mrs. Thornton discusses the yellow fever epidemic in Mobile; news of family members and acquaintances; and education and religion in rural Alabama. At the time the letter was written, Mrs. Thornton and her family had recently moved to...

The letter gives details about family members, the education of the Haynes children, and economic difficulties. The writers also discuss views on slavery: "Your intimations in your last letter relative to your ever saying anything to me or us, upon...

In the letter Dockney give news of acquaintances and family members; discusses the school she oversees; and mentions that the legislature has appropriated money to rebuild the state capitol, which had burned down the year before. She also describes...

The school is located "on the Mountain between Courtland and Moulton, at an equal distance from either place." The advertisement (issued by the school's principal, David Breidenthal) gives details about the course of study, faculty members,...

In the letter John writes about his health, family members and acquaintances, and an upcoming fair. He also discusses politics in detail, including the presidential election of 1860: "I have just been reading Yancey's great New York speech. I think...

This article discusses the likeliness that Alabama will secede from the Union: "A large majority of the members of our Convention will not hesitate a moment to co-operate with South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi in the formation of a Southern...

This article gives the proceedings of the Confederate congress during the sixth and seventh days of its session. On the sixth day members took oaths of office; elected a president and vice president of the provisional government; and appointed...

At the time the letter was written, Anna was visiting her husband, Hubert Dent, in camp at Fort Barrancas. In the letter Ada discusses family members and mutual acquaintances; local troop movements; and domestic activities such as sewing and...

This article refutes rumors that the Confederate capital will be moved from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia, mentioning the expense and loss of stability such a move would cause: "We can hardly conceive that a body composed as is the...

During the Civil War, Moore served as a colonel of the 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment. In the letter he describes the First Battle of Manassas (also known as the First Battle of Bull Run); though his regiment did not arrive in time to participate...

During the Civil War, Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter he writes that he has "been sick about 3 weeks with chronick diarhaea" but is recovering at the hospital. He also reports the death and injury of...

In the letter Mitchell sends news of relatives; discusses the climate and crops in Texas; and mentions the local volunteer companies who have left for war: "our county has sent two hundred men to Virginia and have two companies, one of Artilery...

During the Civil War, Riggs served in Company G of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In the letter he describes his camp and commanding officers, and he discusses family members. He mentions a Christmas party that will be given by the...

During the Civil War, Jones served in Company G of the 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment; he was killed in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863. In the letter he discusses morality in the camp and expresses his desire to attend a worship...

Lowery was a second lieutenant in Co. D, 20th Alabama Infantry Regiment and was from Bibb County, Alabama. In the diaries he discusses camp life (including supplies, weather, social life, visiting family members, and the troops); the movement into...

This mounted infantry regiment saw action in north Mississippi, north Georgia, and Tennessee. The book contains the roster and supply accounts for individual members of the company. Supplies listed include clothing, ammunition, blankets, and...

These were families of "volunteers absent in the army," who were unable to provide for themselves. The list gives the names of the volunteers, the number of family members, and the amount of money required by each family for a year. A transcript of...

These were families of "volunteers absent in the army," who were unable to provide for themselves. The list gives the names of the volunteers, the number of family members, and the amount of money required by each family for a year.

These were families of "volunteers absent in the army," who were unable to provide for themselves. The list gives the names of the volunteers, the number of family members, and the amount of money required by each family for a year.

These were families of "volunteers absent in the army," who were unable to provide for themselves. The list gives the names of the volunteers, the number of family members, and the amount of money required by each family for a year.

These were families of "volunteers absent in the army," who were unable to provide for themselves. The list gives the names of the volunteers, the number of family members, and the amount of money required by each family for a year. A transcript of...

During the Civil War, Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter he describes J. E. B. Stuart's "ride around McClellan." Danielly also discusses camp life and mentions that he and several other members of the...

At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). In the letter he...

During the Civil War, Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as Semple's Battery). He was later appointed a major and transferred to Mobile. In the letter he explains his goal as the leader of his men, who...

During the Civil War, Francis McDade Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter, Danielly writes about sickness in camp and describes how members of his company wounded during the Seven Days' Battles are...

During the Civil War, Jones served in Company G of the 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment; he was killed in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863. In the letter he discusses news of family members and explains that he has just drawn three...

During the Civil War, Francis McDade Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter, he writes about drills and guard duty in camp, slow mail service, and the health of regiment members.

During the Civil War, Riggs served in Company G of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In the letter he discusses gathering clothing for soldiers; his desire to see his father and other family members; and the officers who have been commanding...

This volume contains records of the company, including a muster roll; records of deaths during various periods of time; clothing accounts of individual members of the company, as well as those who received transportation; and other items of...

During the Civil War, Jones served in Company G of the 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment; he was killed in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863. In the letter he describes in great detail a battle he was recently in, probably the Battle of...

During the Civil War, Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter he lists the names of the men in his regiment and reports that he and most members of the regiment are in good health. He mentions that George...

At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). Dent wrote this...

During the Civil War, Jones served in Company G of the 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment; he was killed in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863. In the letter to his wife, he discusses preparations for a battle at Vicksburg: "I...hant hurd...

In the letter, begun on September 22, Mary Ann Hall discusses widespread pneumonia in the area, especially among the slaves: "Every negro on the place has had second or third attack of fever. At one time Dick was the only one on the place to cook -...

During the Civil War, Alex served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the brief letter he sends news of family members, and he refers to the "flag of truce" system developed by the United States Postal Service for delivering mail between the...

During the Civil War, Pearson was a member of the 46th Alabama Volunteer Infantry, Company K. In this letter he thanks his sister for the food and supplies she sent; asks her to send him a coat and other items of clothing; discusses the weather;...

During the Civil War, Riggs served in Company G of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In the letter he asks for his other sister, Martha, to send him a pair of shoes ("I wish she would as soon as possible for I will soon be bare footed"), and...

Tichenor describes the postwar situation for the freed slaves from a paternalistic viewpoint: "Four millions of human beings, under the influence of a misguided philanthropy, have been rendered destitute of homes, protection, and comfort, and have...

Though reluctant to believe that members of the Confederate government were involved, the author of the piece is very critical of their leadership (a "nest of conspirators that ruled this unfortunate section with the iron rod of despotism"). He...